After a sleepless night, I finally stayed up until dawn, and the sun was just showing a glimmer of light in the distance. Zhang Yang came downstairs, opened the door with a squeak, and walked towards Zhang Laojiu's old house with big strides. But my mind always thought about the horrific scene I saw on the video in the early morning. When I arrived at the door of Zhang Laojiu's old house, I found that the door was open, hesitated for a moment, and then gently pushed the door open, stretched out my head to look at the scene in the house, and there was nothing abnormal, so I stepped into the door.

The scene in the old house was the same as the one I saw on the day I came back from school, except that the ground on the first floor and one of the rooms were relatively clean. A smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Yang's mouth, thanks to Zhang Lao Liu and Ying Bu's master and apprentice. Thinking of Ying Bu, he thought, when he was done for a while, he went to check what he had done, and he couldn't let him go so easily. Leaning on the right, bypassing the central hall, I saw the broken water tank placed next to the stove. This broken water tank has a history, it is Zhang Laojiu's grandfather generation left, when he was in elementary school, he also scooped water in this water tank to drink, but at that time it was still a complete water tank, he was in the third year of junior high school, Zhang Laojiu had a serious illness, during the illness did not slip and hit the water tank, as a result, the water tank that passed on three generations was finally finished, became a broken tank, and then Zhang Laojiu left, this house has never been inhabited, so although this broken water tank for many years has not been discarded, it is the same as this old house, lonely in this forgotten corner。

I don't know who put a pot lid on the broken water tank, Zhang Yang stepped forward and carefully lifted the lid of the pot, and saw a thick layer of dust at the bottom of the tank, and there was nothing else, but he felt that this was not normal, but he could see it clearly on the video last night. Put the lid of the pot on the stove casually, reach out and push the water tank away from the place, at this time, he found that the soil under the water tank seems to be loose, stepped on it with his foot, the ground sank, and he couldn't help but be stunned, although most of the buildings are now cement and steel buildings, but in the countryside, there are not a few people who still use mud to make the ground, but the ground is like pouring cement, extremely hard, but the small piece of land under the old Jiujia water tank seems to be nothing. Instead, it looks like the soil in a field has just been renovated, and it is very soft to step on.

Isn't there anything strange here? I walked around the old house, found a hoe that had not been used for many years, and dug up in this soft field. When I really started digging, I realized that the soil at the bottom of the tank was actually easy to dig in this field, very soft, but the outer edge was very hard, and I dug it down along the soft place, and in about 10 minutes, a round pit was exposed. Zhang Yang absolutely believes that this place was originally a pit, and it should have been filled with soil later before this water tank was placed. At this time, it seems that something has been dug up, looking down, it should be a ball of cloth strips, so he squatted down, pulled it with his hands, only to see that there seemed to be something connected below, so he pulled it up vigorously, at this time, a box-like thing broke out of the ground, looked at it a little, this ball of cloth is inside the box, reached out to pick up the box, felt heavy, this is a square box, the size should be between 40 * 40 cm. What could this be? Could it be that Lao Jiu's house has a treasure hidden here? Thinking of this, he flipped over the box to find a way to open it, and found a small hole at the bottom, and found a chopstick on the table to poke it into the hole, only to hear a click, and his heart was happy, this hole is really a switch. The box cracked a crack and opened with a slight push.

There was a piece of red silk cloth in the box, and there was a strangely shaped copper key wrapped in the cloth, anyway, Zhang Yang was absolutely sure that he had never seen such a big one, and it was two keys that bent to the left and right. There is no record of a key in the book with such a shape. If this key can be unlocked, then what a wonderful thing that lock should be!

Of course, these were not in Zhang Yang's consideration, seeing that the box was just a copper key, he put the box on the table next to him, picked up the hoe again, and prepared to continue digging, at this time he was surprised to find that the water tank had automatically moved to the position that he had just moved, and the mud ground that he had dug just now was strangely restored to its original state. couldn't help but take a few steps back, although he had already prepared in his heart, he was still shocked into a cold sweat.

When I looked back, I found that the box on the table was still there, and I thought to myself, I have to find out what I have to do today. Gritting his teeth, picking up the hoe, and smashing it towards the water tank, only to hear a loud sound, the water tank was smashed by Zhang Yangyang's hoe, and it was completely shattered, but Zhang Yang did not stop because of this, but continued to dig up quickly towards the pit he had just dug, and shouted loudly and again and again, "Pretending to be a ghost, in front of Uncle Ben, it is nothing." ”

After a while, the pit just now was exposed again, and when Zhang Yang took a breath and was about to continue digging, he saw that the copper key in the box on the table was already suspended in mid-air, and a flash of light shot into the pit that had just been dug up, only to hear a rumbling sound, and it was dark in front of him, Zhang Yang intuitively felt that he was sinking with the ground, and he didn't know how long it took before he stopped. It was pitch black all around, and I couldn't tell the direction at all, and I knocked on the ground in front of me with a hoe, but it felt very weird, and the echo of metal was very harsh.

Zhang Yang didn't have the slightest nervousness in his heart, the things he had encountered in the past few days could not be judged by common sense, but was this still in Lao Jiu's old house? Fortunately, the hoe in his hand was not lost, and at this time it became a tool for him to explore the way, groping forward for a while, when the eyes began to get used to being able to slightly identify the scene in front of him, at this time, there was a light not far away, and he walked along the light, and when he arrived at the front, he found that the light was a huge stone, about 5 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 6 meters high, and this was not an ordinary stone, but a piece of jade. I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, 120 cubic meters of jade, if this appeared in the jade market, it would be crazy. Zhang Yang's knowledge of jade comes from textbooks, and conventional jade, such as jadeite, does not shine. He clearly remembered that the existing natural night pearl weighed 625 grams, not to mention the 120 cubic meters of natural night pearl rough stone. Zhang Yang felt his breathing become short. stepped forward and touched the jade, and it was cold. But at this moment, he did not stop and continued to walk forward. Under the light of the night pearl rough stone, the whole space is as clear as day. On the left side not far from the jade, a magnificent hall gate appeared, and on each side of the hall door stood two stone statues with unknown names, and the appearance was extremely hideous. The door of the main hall was closed, but Zhang Yang felt an eerie aura coming from inside the hall door, which made people extremely uncomfortable and shuddered.

At the top of the head, there is a large red plaque with four hieroglyphs inscribed. Despite this, Zhang Yangyang recognized it as the "Gate of Hell". I was shocked to learn that hieroglyphs were invented by the ancient Egyptians about 5,000 years ago, and this early hieroglyphic script was slow to write and difficult to understand. With the passage of time, even the Egyptians themselves eventually forgot how to interpret it, why did it appear here? Could it be that the gate of hell was first discovered by the Egyptians? and so on, China is in the east of the Eurasian continent, while Egypt is in the northeast corner of the African continent, and the Suez Canal is separated in the middle, and the straight-line distance from the economic center of China to Egypt is about 7,500 kilometers, and it takes more than ten hours to fly by plane. Could it be that the ancient Egyptians arrived here as early as 5,000 years ago?

But are there really ghosts and gods in this world? If not, how can we explain this scene in front of us? He remembers that before he went to the fifth grade of primary school, he went to the town church with his mother to listen to the sermons, and occasionally, there would be a co-worker (pastor) who let him come to the stage to talk about some of his own experiences, although he can't say how deep his faith is, but the vast universe, everything has a law, if there is no powerful magical power to manipulate, it is unbelievable, nevertheless, after going to junior high school, after being exposed to the atheistic teaching of the teachers, gradually, the faith in Christianity faded, especially after going to college, it was completely away from the church. Yet, up to now, he was able to memorize the entire Bible word for word in any chapter.

These thoughts were only fleeting, Zhang Yang took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand and pushed the temple door, at this time, he found that the temple door was slowly opening, only to see that the palace gate was filled with dense fog, to enter or not to enter? I couldn't help but hesitate. But at the moment when he hesitated, he only heard the sound of rushing water behind him, and when he looked back, he was immediately shocked. I saw the flood rolling in the distance, coming straight to this side. At this time, there was no time to hesitate, and he rushed into the hall with his legs, and at this time he also found a strange phenomenon, how to fill the fog, he could clearly see things within 10 meters, but when he looked back, he couldn't even see clearly within one meter. I don't know how long he ran, but at this time, he looked extremely tired and weak. After listening attentively, there was no sound of water running behind him, so he slowed down his pace to replenish his strength. But to no avail, and after about half an hour, I finally didn't even have the strength to move, so I sat down on the ground. At this time, the dense fog in the temple disappeared without a trace, and when I looked back, I saw that the flood outside the temple gate was raging, but the hall was not dripping. And the distance between himself and the temple gate is only about 10 meters. After running for more than an hour but spinning within 10 meters? Zhang Yang opened his mouth wide, unable to make the slightest sound.

At this moment, he found that there was a box in front of him, and this box was dug up under the water tank of Lao Jiujia. Just as I was thinking about whether to open it, the box opened automatically, and the strange large copper key lay quietly in the box.

"Atlas, take the key to the gates of hell, let's go......" A deep voice came, which seemed to be in the ear, and it seemed to be a long distance.

"Atlas?" Zhang Yang was no stranger to this name, he was the supreme ruler of the Atlantean Kingdom. However, there is no such thing as Atlas here. At this time, a deep voice came again: "Let's go, the flood has receded, and the gates of hell will be closed forever." ”

Zhang Yang subconsciously covered the box and held it in his hand, and at this time he also found that the flood outside the temple gate had disappeared, and it seemed that it had not happened at all. At the moment when he stepped out of the temple door, he found that the position he was standing in front of the water tank of the old nine family, everything had not changed, if it weren't for the box he was holding in his hand, he wondered if he had just had a dream.

Walking out of Zhang Laojiu's old house, at this time, the sun in the east had already shown its head, and at this time, there was a shout from his younger brother Zhang Ming, "Brother, brother, that Uncle Huang Zhongjie came to look for you, and my mother asked me to call you for breakfast." ”